The producer for both of the albums by the Silencers is Mick Collins, one of the few African-American garage rock musicians.  Collins grew up in Detroit and learned music from his family’s record collection as well as from Detroit-based Motown Records.  As a teenager, he was in two bands called the U-Boats (in 1981) and the Floor Tasters (in 1984-1985). 

(December 2014)